Trump: I’m ordering Jeff Sessions to ban bump stocks
An easy call for a president who’s under heavy pressure to act after the Parkland massacre, and who reportedly told aides “we have to do something.” The tricky part is “doing something” that wouldn’t involve any votes in Congress, as Republicans don’t want to get on the wrong side of gun-rights fans in a midterm year. If something’s to be done, the populist-in-chief will need to take the lead. Grassroots righties might hiss if Ryan or McConnell get out in front on this idea but they won’t if Trump does.

Dana Loesch: Here’s The Real Story Of What Happened At CNN’s Garbage Town Hall
Dana Loesch described on The Federalist Radio Hour podcast what happened behind the scenes of Wednesday’s CNN’s televised town hall event titled, “Stand Up: The Students of Stoneman Douglas Demand Action.” Loesch, representing the National Rifle Association as their national spokesperson, said she wasn’t informed until hours before of the event’s format or that students would be asking questions.

The dicey “age restriction” for semi-automatic rifles idea
The big “thought balloon” being considered by several people, and endorsed by President Donald Trump, is a new age restriction on semi-automatic rifles. AP has already provided a roundup of the idea, while also positing it was Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump who are really pushing the President to act. It’s understandable why people see the AR-15 as almost akin to Tolkien’s “One Ring” or Thor’s Mjölnir, especially if their opinion is only based on how the rifle looks, which is similar to an M16 or an M4. Most people see the rifles and go, “Oh noes! Can’t have that!” then cue up the creepy music from Doom.

Obamacare

Government in Healthcare

State Sponsored Euthanasia… We Have Arrived at the Slippery Slope
According to Merriam-Webster dictionary euthanasia, is a word that comes to us from the Greek term meaning “easy death.” It’s not however, a word widely used by advocates of the “Death with Dignity” movement. They like to use more soothing words in the titles of their organizations like Compassion & Choices, Final Exit Network, Dignity in Dying, Dignitas, and Exit to name a few.

War & Terror

Skirmish in Beijing over the nuclear football
On Thursday Nov. 9, when President Trump and his team visited Beijing’s Great Hall of the People, Chief of Staff John Kelly and a U.S. Secret Service agent skirmished with Chinese security officials over the nuclear football.

The Coming U.S.-Chinese Arms Race
When it comes to the U.S.–China military balance, I take my cues from esteemed National Review contributor Jerry Hendrix, who has been a marvel of productivity these past few weeks. But I thought I’d weigh in on the most recent Military Balance report released by the Institute of Strategic Studies, which should make our defense planners very nervous. The pace of China’s military advancement is picking up, and it’s not clear the Trump administration and Congress are sufficiently alarmed.

Porn Literacy Class Gets Teachers Talking Kinky Sex with Underage Teens
A group of public health educators in Boston is resigned to the idea that the majority of American teens learn about sex through porn. They join a growing cadre of educators, both public and private, who believe they need to teach students how to think critically about pornography. So much so that they’ve started teaching a class on Porn Literacy through a publicly funded initiative focused on dating violence called Start Strong: Building Healthy Teen Relationships.

Suspended by @Medium: Another Platform Is Banishing Conservatives
There was nothing in this email to describe how anything I had done had specifically violated these rules. So I sent them an email inquiring what content had caused this suspension, and what I might do to get my account reinstated. No answer. So I emailed again, and again. Nothing.

‘Google Is Killing Magic,’ Witch Complains
Google gets blamed for a lot, some of it deservedly so. However, if I worked at Google, I would make this story out of England into a poster to hang on my cubicle wall. You see, according to self-proclaimed witch Marian Green, Google, in cahoots with other giants of the Internet, is killing magic.

Terrified Conservatives at Google Are ‘In The Closet,’ James Damore Says
Former Google senior software engineer James Damore told PJ Media that conservatives at Google are terrified to reveal themselves as conservative, just as many people with same-sex attraction are “in the closet,” hiding their homosexuality. After his “ideological echo chamber” manifesto went viral, Damore said many of his close friends came “out of the closet,” telling him they were secretly conservative.

“Men are Men and Women are Women”
There was a small transgender contingent at CPAC this year. One of them, Jennifer Williams, gave an interview to Slate, and was critical of Ben Shapiro for having retrograde attitudes about transgender people. Here is an amusing part of the interview conducted by Osita Nwanevu.

International

Guyana keeps eyes on possible Venezuela’s options
The Guyana government has been paying close attention to options available to Venezuela, following United Nations (UN) Secretary General, Antonio Guterres’ referral of the border controversy to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), a senior government official said.

The new President of #SouthAfrica used his first State of the Nation Address to promise the seizure of white farmers' land without compensation. EFF leader Julius Malema called anyone opposed to this an "enemy of the people".

The horrifying life of sex slavery North Korean cheerleaders face
Members of the North Korean national cheerleading squad – who have been featured gleefully rooting at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics – are systematically forced to have sex with high-ranking members of Kim Jong Un’s twisted regime, according to a disturbing report.

The Gross Cultural Appropriation Sideshow of the Trudeau Family in India
It’s interesting that every Halloween we have to hear from rabid race purists about how our toddlers will offend the sensibilities of minorities if they wear culturally insensitive costumes. These same people adore Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and fawn over his every move. #TrudeauInIndia is trending on Twitter, showing the Trudeaus in crazy get-ups they think are an Indian custom, which apparently they are not. I don’t know, I’m not Indian, but neither is he. Is anyone concerned about the “cultural appropriation” he appears to be engaging in? If my kid can’t be Pocahontas without some pink-haired harridan pointing and screaming, why does he get to be Gandhi? I demand equality of outrage.

Opinion

Watch: Why Black Panther’s Nation of Wakanda Could Never Happen In Reality
If you don’t know anything about the Black Panther movie other than the weird crop of political and social justice nonsense it has inspired, then I recommend you go see it. It’s a great super hero movie filled with trope breaking good guys, identitarian bad guys, and all the natural law breaking nonsense you’d come to expect from your Marvel movies.

“Biology Is Not Bigotry” And Other Responses To Transgender Activists
Ryan Anderson is the author of the new book, “When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Moment.” On this episode of the Federalist Radio Hour, Staff Writer Bre Payton interviews Anderson about his work on how transgender activists have disrupted education, civil rights, armed forces, and many areas of policy.

Understanding the California Mind
Nancy Pelosi gave a marathon speech on illegal immigration the other day. But how would she know much about the realities of open borders, given her palatial retreat in Northern California and multi-millionaire lifestyle that allows wealthy progressives like herself to be exempt from the consequences of her own hectoring? In the end, the House minority leader was reduced to some adolescent racialist patter about her grandson wishing to look more like his Mexican-American friend.

Women and STEM
There’s an interesting new paper discussed here by Mark Perry at AEI about an international phenomenon called the “educational-gender-equality paradox – the greater the degree of gender equality among 67 countries studied . . . the lower the female share of STEM college graduates.” As The Atlantic puts it, “In countries that empower women, they are less likely to choose math and science professions.” It’s about choice, then, not discrimination.

The Stakes of 2018 Are Dispelling any Complacency in CPAC Attendees
At the last few Conservative Political Action Conferences, attendees met with a giant question hanging above the Gaylord Hotel like a cloud. In 2015, who would the Republicans nominate for president? (Not who most attendees expected.) In 2016, would conservatives really support President Trump? (It turned out that most did.) In 2017, what would the Trump presidency bring? (Policy-wise, pretty good things for conservatives, at least in the first year.)

The Crazy Yankees Of Antioch
From the front lines of progressivism, this dispatch from the lunatic asylum known by the name of Antioch College

For Trump and CPAC, what a difference a year makes — ANALYSIS
One year ago, when the Conservative Political Action Conference convened for its annual gathering, participants were positive about Donald Trump’s 2016 election victory, gleeful that Hillary Clinton did not win, but unsure about what the future would bring. So they danced around their new leader’s ascent gingerly.